Cable angle-support.



'W. F. GURRAN. CABLE ANGLE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30, 1910.

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WILLIAM F. CURRAN, OF COLOMA, WISCONSIN.

CABLE ANGLE-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 30, 1910.

Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

Serial No. 579,703.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. CURRAN, citizen of the United States, residing at Coloma, in the county of W'aushara and State of IVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cable Angle-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cable angle supports for overhead tracks and applies particularly to direct and reverse curves as used in cable carriers.

In cable carriers heretofore used the direct curve has been entirely separated from the reverse curve. My invention aflords a means of combining both curves, the direct and the reverse with only a common anchorage.

My invention further embodies a single anchorage for both curves, said anchorage being flexibly mounted to accommodate the switches.

My invention also provides a means for adjusting the support to any angle of the cable ordinarily used.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown an adaption of my invention to manure carriers.

Figure 1 illustrates an ordinary plan of conveyance from the barn to the dump. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my invention and Fig. 3 is a side View of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail View of an auxiliary brace that may be substituted where reverse curves are not in use and Fig. 5 represents a plate that may be attached to accommodate spring trolleys.

Referring to the drawings by numerals 2 represents the general outlines of a barn or stable where manure is collected from different compartments, 3, 3, 3, etc., and conveyed by trolley to a common dumping ground 4 upon cables 5, 5, 5. Angle brackets or supports are ordinarily used and direct and reverse angle supports are needed to accommodate the different branches and switches. My invention is not however limited to the operation of a manure carrier.

6 represents an arched anchor bar having an eye 7 adapted to be anchored to any standard by means of the wire 8. This affords a flexible anchorage.

The three plates 10, 10, 11 are an im-' portant feature of my invention. The central plate 11 is rigidly attached to the bar 9 and the arch 6 by means of the threaded screw passing upwardly through openings in the plate 11, the bar 9 and seated in a corresponding threaded socket 12 in the arched anchor bar 6. The adjustment of the side plates l0, 10 is made relative to the center plate 11 by means of set screws 12, 12 passing through curved openings 13, 13 in the bar 9. The cables 14, 14 pass through loops 15, 15 in the plates 10, 10, 11. This is the ordinary construction for the retainment of the cables but the adjustment of the plates 10, 10, 11 provide for the different angles of the cable. The plates afford an adjustment ofthe cable from a 15 degree to a 40 degree angle. The inner cable angle is adapted to the direct curve and the outer angle, as retained by the plates, to the reverse curve. The arched angle support permits of both curves.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is 1. An arch angle support for cables com:

prising an arch member, means for flexibly anchoring said arch member, and a plate connected therewith designed to receive and support at will trolley wires upon direct or reverse curves.

2. An arch support for cables, comprising an arch member, a flexible support for said arch member, a bar rigidly secured to said arch member, and a plurality of independently adjustable plates connected with said bar.

3. An arch support for cables, comprising an arch member, means for supporting said arch member, a bar secured to said arch member and extending at substantially a right angle to the general direction thereof, a plurality of adjustable plates formed with grooves for accommodating cables, and means for independently adjusting each of said plates.

4. An arched angle support for cables comprising in its construction an arched member adapted to be anchored flexibly to a suitable standard, a series of plates carried by said arched member and adjustable to the angle of the cable, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. OURRAN.

Witnesses:

W. A. RoBLIER, G. W. BARRETT. 

